Planning and management of the health work process: advances and limits in the SUS-Indigenous Health Care Subsystem

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https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902023220127pt

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Health Planning, Health Management, Indigenous Health Services, Special Indigenous Health District, Brazilian National Health System

Abstract

The Indigenous Health Care Subsystem (SasiSUS), as part of the Brazilian National Health System (SUS), is responsible for health care for indigenous peoples in Brazil. At the local level, the Special Indigenous Health Districts (DSEI) are responsible for managing, planning, and organizing the work process of the multidisciplinary indigenous health teams (EMSI), which provide primary health care for this population. The objective of the study was to analyze how the planning and the management of the EMSI work process occurs. A holistic multiplecase study was carried out, considering seven DSEI as units of analysis. The main source of data used were interviews and, in a complementary way, direct observation. The results indicated that, in general, planning is present in the organization of the teams’ work process, with variations between the DSEI. Carrying out the planned actions was related to the availability of different resources: adequate functioning of the information system and the intra and intersectoral articulation of SasiSUS. As a conclusion, the need to radicalize participation in planning and management, necessary for a coordinated action to guarantee differentiated care and the principles of SUS, was pointed out.

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2023-12-15

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Cunha, M. L. S., Casanova, A. O., Cruz, M. M. da, Suárez-Mutis, M. C., Marchon-Silva, V., Souza, M. S. e, Gomes, M. de F., Reis, A. C., & Peiter, P. C. (2023). Planning and management of the health work process: advances and limits in the SUS-Indigenous Health Care Subsystem. Saúde E Sociedade, 32(3), e220127pt. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-12902023220127pt